8 Bible Verses about Offering Sacrifices

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Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest taken from among men is appointed in behalf of men in things relating to God. He may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Hebrews 5:3

That is why he must offer sacrifices, for his own and for the people's sins.

Hebrews 8:3

Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. It is necessary to have something to offer.

1 Corinthians 10:18

Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the partakers of the altar?

Matthew 23:18

When you swear by an altar, you owe nothing. When you swear by the gift left on the altar, you are obligated.

Matthew 23:19

You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Mark 7:11

But you say: 'If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God,

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2 Chronicles 29:34

Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.

2 Chronicles 35:11

They slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood with their hands while the Levites skinned the lambs.

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Exodus 29:10-19

Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent. Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head there. Slaughter the bull near my altar in front of the tent. Use a finger to smear some of its blood on each of the four corners of the altar. Pour out the rest of the blood on the ground next to the altar. read more.
Take all the fat that covers the internal organs, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. Burn the bull's meat, skin, and excrement outside the camp. It is an offering for sin. Take one of the rams and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on its head. Slaughter the ram. Take its blood and sprinkle it all around the altar. Cut the ram in pieces. Wash its internal organs and its legs, and put them on top of the head and the other pieces. Burn the whole ram on the altar. It is burnt offering to Jehovah. The odor of this offering pleases me. Take the other ram and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on its head.

Leviticus 8:14-23

Moses brought the young bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. Moses killed it and took some of the blood. Using his finger he put it on the projections at the corners of the altar, in order to dedicate it. He then poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. In this way he dedicated it and purified it. Moses took all the fat on the internal organs. He took the best part of the liver, and the kidneys with the fat on them, and burned it all on the altar. read more.
Finally, he took the skin and the flesh of the bull, together with the food still in its stomach, and burned them outside the camp, just as Jehovah commanded. Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please Jehovah. After Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head, Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar. The ram was cut into pieces. Moses burned the head with the other pieces and the fat. He washed the internal organs and the legs. Then Moses burned the whole ram on the altar as Jehovah commanded him. It was a burnt offering, a pleasant aroma, an offering by fire to Jehovah. He brought the second ram for the ordination offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head. Moses slaughtered it. He took some of the blood, and put it on Aaron's right ear lobe, on his right thumb, and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Leviticus 22:22

Do not bring Jehovah an animal that is blind, has broken bones, cuts, warts, scabs, or ringworm. Never give Jehovah any of these in a sacrifice by fire on the altar.

Leviticus 7:16

If the sacrifice of his offering is a votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice as well as on the next day.

Leviticus 22:18

Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: 'Israelites or foreigners may bring burnt offerings to Jehovah for anything they vowed or as freewill offerings.

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